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About
Matt Donahoe is the reason a drone built on robotics-lab autonomy research shipped as something an ordinary person could point at themselves and fly. He is the design-and-experience third of Skydio's founding trio, the counterweight to two robotics doctorates: he met Adam Bry and Abraham Bachrach at the MIT Media Lab, where his work sat on the human side of technology rather than the control-theory side, and joined them in 2014 to turn their research into a product. Before Skydio he was the founding engineer of Episode Interactive, Pocket Gems' story-driven mobile game franchise — consumer product at scale rather than aerospace. That pairing produced drones reviewers described as flying themselves, and a company valued at $4.4 billion in 2026.
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- Met Bry and Bachrach at the MIT Media Lab, where his work sat on the human side of technology rather than the control-theory side. Was the founding engineer of Episode Interactive, Pocket Gems' story-driven mobile game franchise, before Skydio.
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Co-founder at Skydio
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Co-founders at Skydio
Experience
- SkydioManufacturing Software Interncurrent2022 — presentRedwood City, CA
- SkydioEmbedded Software Intern2022
- SkydioApp tester2017 — 2022
- SkydioAccounting Assistant2015 — 2017
- SkydioOffice Manager2014 — 2015
- SkydioCamera Operator2014
- Pocket GemsContent Creator2011 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- MIT Media LabResearch Assistant2009 — 2011
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Matt Donahoe?
- Matt Donahoe is the reason a drone built on robotics-lab autonomy research shipped as something an ordinary person could point at themselves and fly. He is the design-and-experience third of Skydio's founding trio, the counterweight to two robotics doctorates: he met Adam Bry and Abraham Bachrach at the MIT Media Lab, where his work sat on the human side of technology rather than the control-theory side, and joined them in 2014 to turn their research into a product. Before Skydio he was the founding engineer of Episode Interactive, Pocket Gems' story-driven mobile game franchise — consumer product at scale rather than aerospace. That pairing produced drones reviewers described as flying themselves, and a company valued at $4.4 billion in 2026.
- Where does Matt Donahoe work?
- Matt Donahoe is Co-founder of Skydio.
- What companies did Matt Donahoe found?
- Matt Donahoe founded Skydio.
- Where did Matt Donahoe go to school?
- Matt Donahoe studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Masters, Media Arts and Sciences); Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Bachelor of Science (BS), Systems Engineering).
Founder mafias
Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,220
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Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering mafia18
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Same school
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Also attended Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering23
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Shared employers
Also worked at Skydio15
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